The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

Protests last July brought Cuba worldwide attention, but the human rights crisis continues

A year after the largest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba in several decades, hundreds of people remain detained, waiting for trials or in prison for chanting pro-freedom slogans.

Miami Herald · Jul 11, 2022

US Coast Guard has intercepted more than 3,000 Florida-bound Cuban migrants since October

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard has stopped at sea more than 3,000 Cuban migrants fleeing deteriorating economic, safety and political conditions in the island nation who were heading to the coast of Florida since October — more than the last five fiscal years combined, according to the agency.

Miami Herald · Jul 10, 2022

José Eduardo dos Santos obituary

President of Angola for nearly 40 years whose rule was marred by corruption

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022

Cuban missile crisis redux in Nicaragua?

It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was that the Russians are going to put hypersonic nuclear missiles into Nicaragua and terrify the Americans into backing down over Ukraine. Or kill them all if they…

Bangkok Post · Jul 5, 2022

American Airlines wants to restart flights to five more Cuban cities

American Airlines wants to resume flying to five cities in Cuba after the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era policy limiting flying to the country.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2022

Devastated mum missed family holiday to Cuba from Manchester after losing son's passport

Sarah paid £100 on a taxi from Manchester Airport to Liverpool in the hope of getting a new passport for her son Corey

Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2022

Mum stranded in Liverpool 'with no coat' after losing son's passport on the way to Cuba

Sarah has spent her son's birthday in huge queues outside the passport office rather than on a luxury family holiday

Liverpool Echo · Jul 4, 2022

Polish wall no deterrent to migrants en route from Africa, Cuba via Russia

Poland's 5.5-metre tall steel barrier, built on its border with Belarus, was meant to be a European version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall, protecting the European Union's eastern frontier from illegal migration.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022

How one sandwich made me question every fine-dining meal I’d ever had

Sean Russell’s first encounter with a Cubanos sandwich left him teary-eyed and confused

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2022

American Airlines wants to restart Miami flights to five cities in Cuba

American Airlines, the biggest flier from Miami International Airport, asked the U.S. Department of Transportation this week for clearance to resume flights to five destinations in Cuba, outside Havana where it already flies six daily flights from here.

Miami Herald · Jul 2, 2022